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2018-09-01

Floating Sargassum in Serranilla Bank, Caribbean Colombia, may jeopardize the race to the ocean of baby sea turtles

Sargassum flotante en Cayo Serranilla, Caribe colombiano, puede perjudicar la llegada al oceano de las tortugas marinas recién nacidas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v23n3.68113

Palabras clave:

baby turtles, floating Sargassum, nesting site. (en)
Sargassum flotante, sitios de anidamiento, tortugas marinas. (es)

Autores/as

  • Brigritte Gavio
  • Adriana Santos-Martinez Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Caribe.

We report for the first time great quantities of floating Sargassum to Serranilla Bank, in the Central Caribbean. The island is an important nesting site for sea turtles, and by the time the Sargassum wave arrived, the baby turtles were disclosing. Due to the thick mat of Sargassum along the beach, the baby turtles may have troubles to reach the ocean.

Se reporta por primera vez una gran cantidad de Sargassum flotante en Cayo Serranilla, en el Caribe central. La isla es un sitio importante para anidamiento de tortugas marinas, y al momento de la llegada del Sargassum, los nidos estaban eclosionando. Debido al espeso tapete de algas en la playa, las tortuguas puede tener problemas en llegar al mar.

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